A terminally ill man has posted an emotional plea for support in raising money for treatment on social media.

Aaron Winstanley, from Barton-Upon-Humber, has started attending private treatment in Germany for the soft tissue cancer, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, he was diagnosed with, but this has a hefty price tag of £300,000.

The 29-year-old is battling a rare terminal cancer which was initially mistaken as hayfever.

He has been told he needs £300,000 worth of treatment to increase his long-term survival chances and already, more than £189,000 has been raised towards this goal through the Aaron's Battle campaign.

Aaron recently wrote a song with the help of his friends, which is now available online. Funds raised from this will go towards his treatment.

A statement posted on the Aaron's Battle Facebook page yesterday said: "So Aaron hasn't been able to start chemotherapy today as the infection markers in his blood were high yesterday, he's got a cough so that's probably why.

Aaron was tragically diagnosed with cancer that was first thought to be hayfever

"They started antibiotics yesterday and he'll be allowed to start chemotherapy tomorrow. They will start at 50 per cent of the chemotherapy dose and if he tolerates it well in eight days time they will give a higher dose along with a second chemotherapy drug.

"He hasn't needed another blood or platelet transfusion yet. He's had a pretty rubbish day today but mostly because he didn't sleep because of pain and stuff last night so he's been exhausted. We managed a little stroll this evening though and he’s had tea sat out in a chair rather than in his bed so that's good too.

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"He's been struggling a bit mentally today as he's so tired. He's worried about money but we're all just trying to tell him there's no point worrying at the moment while we've still got enough for the rest of this week.

"I'll try and figure out the finances tomorrow but it isn't easy to anticipate when unexpected costs like antibiotics and blood transfusions always pop up! As always, I'm sure we’ll figure it out.

"He doesn't seem to have got any worse which is really good and the fact his blood counts have stayed up even for a couple of days without another transfusion is very positive as well because the UK docs said they might not.